Favorite Salamandra salamandra subspecies

[petlover516]

What is your favorite Salamandra salamandra subspecies? Gigliolli? Salamandra? Fatuosa? Which 1 might it be?

[Joost]

Terrestris i like the most. Unfortunataly their are not allowed to keep here in the Netherlands

[Hooky87]

This is a great poll but no surprise that gigliolli and alfredschmitdi are top although i think s.salamandra are underated.

Matt

[BillYannone]

It figures it would be gigliolli since I can't find any.

[Greatwtehunter]

I have to say that S. s. alfredschmitdi have to be my favorite with S. s. werneri coming in a close second.

[petlover516]

I voted fastuosa-I really like the cool stripe pattern.
2nd would be gallaica, because there the ones I own!

[benw]

I had a tough time choosing as i have nearly all of them, i chose morenica, but werneri are so nice too, they are all so different personality-wise, which is something i didnt expect to notice, with gigliolli being the shyest and my almanzoris being the boldest.

Ben

[huug]

Hands down, no doubt, Alfredschmidti, the golden ones!
They are real awesome stunners,...

And a huge shame we can´t have them, or nearly any other salamandra specie, here!

[pete]

This thread needs to have this link Caudata Culture Articles - Salamandra Guide for the few of us who sadly are not as familiar as they should be with this species.

[petlover516]

Originally Posted by pete

This thread needs to have this link Caudata Culture Articles - Salamandra Guide for the few of us who sadly are not as familiar as they should be with this species.

Oh sorry your're right. Thank you for putting that in for me.

[will_j]

gigliolii is a stunner, with terrestris being my close second

[siskin]

where are the salamandra corsica ??

[Azhael]

That´s a different species, siskin. This post is about Salamandra salamandra and all its subspecies, therefore none of the other species in the genus Salamandra are included.

[firesalamander]

I dont like Alfredschmidti as much because of its rather dull color. I chose gigliolii because of its stunning visual appearance.

[Hooky87]

Originally Posted by firesalamander

I dont like Alfredschmidti as much because of its rather dull color. I chose gigoli because of its stunning visual appearance.

Not all Alfredschmidti are dull they have a very varied coloration from a brown/bronze to a solid yellow

[petlover516]

Originally Posted by Hooky87

Not all Alfredschmidti are dull they have a very varied coloration from a brown/bronze to a solid yellow

I agree(but I still like fastuosa better). Here's one particularly fascinating image:

[siskin]

Originally Posted by azhael

That´s a different species, siskin. This post is about Salamandra salamandra and all its subspecies, therefore none of the other species in the genus Salamandra are included.

Is the giglliolii easyer to keep than corsica ?
Regard siskin.

[goshawkben]

I voted S.salamandra

[mark55s1]

I have always been a S. salamandra fan. Though I would love to have a set of Salamandra Ianzai. All black, how cool.

[monkeyfrogman28]

I chose werneri as mine. I think they have awesome coloration.